Alongside of its major "4.2/4.3" and so on updates that bring new raid and dungeon content on top of hundreds of quality of life updates, the Final Fantasy XIV team also provides mini-patches that add in anything from quests to job alt...

Final Fantasy XIV has been a sort of passion project for many members of the team, especially after it was rebooted (and saved) by way of its Realm Reborn iteration. Producer Naoki Yoshida has been said to work tirelessly on the g...

Square Enix packs a ton of regularly updated content into Final Fantasy XIV via patches, but they occasionally also craft some great premium cosmetics. While I haven't purchased anything yet from the store myself, a few of the new offerings...

Right now I'm still working my way through God Kefka in Final Fantasy XIV, but with Patch 4.25 I'll have even more to do on non-raid days.
Arriving on Tuesday March 13, the patch will see the return of fan-favorite Hildibrand -- who I must ...

Final Fantasy XIV's Realm Reborn reboot has become one of the most famous stories in the gaming sphere. What originally started off as a failed lackluster MMO got a complete overhaul and is now one of the most quality subscription-based gam...

[Update: The full patch notes are out, and mostly complete -- we just need more information on the new crafting items.]
As always, Final Fantasy XIV's new 4.2 patch is accompanied by a massive notes dump, and you can read the prelimina...

Square Enix dumped a ton of info on Patch 4.2 for Final Fantasy XIV in the early morning today, just 11 days before it's actually scheduled to arrive. It's called "Rise of a New Sun," and will see a number of alterations to the housing mar...

Every so often, especially during lull spots like right now, the Final Fantasy XIV team re-ignites their free login campaign. You can take advantage of it starting this week through January 4, with some provisos attached.
For one, once you ...

Final Fantasy XIV likes to keep players interested with three month major patch cycles, but in-between there's little events here and there that are the glue that holds it all together.
They're not above re-using them though, and just like ...

Final Fantasy XIV's patch 4.15 just dropped, and a lot of the bigger additions like the new mech-based PVP mode are being overshadowed by "performance actions," which allow Bards to play music for the first time. The whole thing is surprisi...

In mid October, Final Fantasy XIV's new "Ultimate" raid, The Unending Coil of Bahamut, dropped. Meant for the top of the top (read: you have to beat a raid tier only 1-10% of any given server has cleared to even enter), this challenge is an...

After four years, a player named Shalice Icefrost on the Hyperion server finally reached the money (Gil) cap in Final Fantasy XIV. For those who are unaware, no, this isn't a mainline solo Final Fantasy, but rather an MMO, with a living bre...

Last week the Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate/Super Savage) was released in Final Fantasy XIV. The idea, as per the developers, is to provide hardcore players something to do until the next major raid tier drops (4.2) -- and I think they...

Square Enix just dropped a small update this week for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, adding a new difficulty tier into the mix.
Well, the word "small" is relative, because for some people, they're going to be chipping away at its main event...

Although Final Fantasy XIV is supported by hefty content patches every three months or so (which follow the same pattern of catch-up, hardcore raid content, catch-up, and so on), it also sports random themed events from time to time.
That i...

The new unveiling of the Japan-themed Shirogane housing district in Final Fantasy XIV didn't go so swimmingly -- I should know, I was there!
Right at reset at the wee hours of the morning (US), folks were waiting in the queue to jump i...

Square Enix is giving us a brief showcase of Final Fantasy XIV: The Legend Returns (Patch 4.1) before its October 10 debut, and it looks pretty damn sweet. While most of these patch trailers are main questline focused, we do get a good...

By way of the latest Final Fantasy XIV Liveletter, we now know that patch 4.1 will launch on October 10. As we know it'll feature a huge 24-person (casual) raid themed around Final Fantasy Tactics, as well as a new dungeon, more story conte...

I'm pretty excited for Final Fantasy XIV's 4.1 patch.
Not only as a hardcore raider who finished Neo a little over a month ago, but as a general player who enjoys going through any and all forms of new content. The big draw for "early Octob...

Housing is a huge part of any given MMO for a lot of people, but if a game doesn't provide instanced housing (like WildStar), it can be nigh impossible to actually get one.
Final Fantasy XIV is one such game that has been in a "housing...

Final Fantasy XIV is no stranger to crossovers with Level-5 properties. In fact, the MMO's Yo-kai Watch event recently came back giving players a second chance at nabbing some Yokai companions and inspired weapons.
It looks like players wil...

Over the weekend, Square Enix hosted a Liveletter presentation for Final Fantasy XIV, which showcased a number of upcoming changes for the game as well as a preview of the massive 4.1 patch, "The Legend Returns."
In a surprise visit the CEO...

Square has experimented with implementing higher raid tiers in the past for Final Fantasy XIV. The Savage Coil of Bahamut was a rework of sorts of the second tier of the first raid in the game, providing a greater challenge for teams who ha...

We've known that the "Return to Ivalice" 24-person raid was coming to Final Fantasy XIV. Since the announcement of the folks have been speculating as to what games will be included in that celebration of the Ivalice universe, and to be hone...

It's really easy to skip story cutscenes and dialog in an MMO. Whether your friends are ahead of you or you're racing for world first in a new expansion, the pressure is on, and the extreme length of the genre doesn't help if you only have ...

Final Fantasy XIV's glamour system has led to some really great creations. Most recently this Little Mac glamour wowed me the most, and I've been seeing more and more great outfits as a result of the incoming Stormblood expansion loot....

Nintendo is very much open to the idea of cross-play. Very into it, actually, as they opened their floodgates for Microsoft, Apple, and Google for Minecraft cross-play. Sony is the holdout -- citing their investors over their fanbase&n...

As a gentle reminder, as announced roughly a year ago, Square Enix is ending support for the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIV this week. On June 16, to be exact, when the early access period for the upcoming expansion Stormblood arrives. If...

The Viera race (not to be confused with a planed community in Florida), part of the on again off again world of Ivalice, have garnered a fanbase around them ever since they debuted in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. So much so in fact that p...

Final Fantasy XIV is set to leave the PS3 in the dust with the upcoming expansion, but up until then everyone can have one last hurrah before it's time to upgrade your PC, or swap to PS4. Square Enix has announced that they've dropped some ...

Although people are quick to dump on Lightning, she had a really great collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV this past year, and I'd love to see more limited time crossovers like that without going overboard (generally the team just sti...

In this massive near 10 minute trailer, Square Enix goes over everything that's going to be present in the upcoming 3.5 patch, which is coming in two parts (the first on January 17, and the second in March) before the new expansion, St...

Final Fantasy XIV's "All Saints' Wake" event has kicked off again this year, but this time it's something different -- a fully re-purposed dungeon that operates as a fun as hell scavenger hunt.
The gist is that you'll talk to an NPC in&nbsp...

Final Fantasy XIV has been steadily growing since it's relaunch as "A Realm Reborn" in August of 2013. Before that it was a shell of a game, barely worthy of its core entry moniker. I even remember previewing the original XIV&nbsp...

Square Enix has been running Final Fantasy XIV trial (read: boss fight) challenges for years now. They held them for multiple Primals, as well as Odin at the first Fanfest in 2014. But this week at Fanfest in Vegas I experienced my fir...

Today, live at the Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest event in Las Vegas, series producer Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) took to the main stage in the opening keynote to announce Stormblood, the next expansion in the XIV series. It'll debut in "early ...

Final Fantasy XIV is one of the best MMOs right now, and you can play it on PC, PS3, and PS4, all on the same servers. Dope right? Well, the Xbox One is still out of the equation, but that ever-changing situation has once again opened itsel...

Over in Japan, Final Fantasy XIV players can earn special in-game items if they redeem points by way of soda cans. Buying them will net you a code on your receipt, which can then be inputted into the official site for things like outfi...

Are you a lapsed Final Fantasy XIV player? Did you try it out, only to find it didn’t quite click with you, or maybe you clocked hundreds of hours and, unfortunately, have been unable to renew your subscription? Well, turns out you&rs...

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward was a tremendous expansion, all things considered. It brought in a whole new storyline that was worth getting invested in, new classes, and tons of additional activities including a raid. But that was bac...

One game I did not expect to see during my hands-on time with Project Morpheus PlayStation VR, was Final Fantasy XIV. I hadn't really heard anything about it being playable at TGS, so when I headed into the press section and saw it availabl...

Final Fantasy XIV has amassed more than 5 million registered accounts across the globe since Square Enix released the popular MMO two years ago, the publisher announced this week.
That figure doesn't quite rival market leader World of Warcr...

The ability to play Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on the PC, PS3, and PS4 platforms, and have them all coexist together on the same servers, is wonderful -- and conversely, a sorely missed feature in Elder Scrolls Online....

As we noted last week, the Mac port of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is plagued with issues.
This doesn't seem uncommon these days, but remember that Naoki Yoshida built A Realm Reborn back up from Final Fantasy XIV's initial disastrous...

One of the best parts of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is the music. Most people don't consider it a "real" Final Fantasy because of the MMO tag, but let me tell you -- it's probably my favorite main entry since X. It helps t...

Today is the day -- Final Fantasy XIV gets its new benchmark program to show off some Direct X11 footage. This new tool, a small demo of sorts, lets you check out how the new Heavensward expansion will look on your PC when it hit...

Last night Square Enix hosted a Japanese live event for Final Fantasy XIV, and among a few announcements, it showed off a hilarious trailer for "Ultimate Fight Final Fantasy XIV." In a clear nod to the Street Fighter series, it features mu...

Square Enix recently had a blowout of information for Final Fantasy XIV's Heavensward expansion. For starters, the game will launch on June 23 (June 19 for early access), as we previously knew. But at some point later, post-launch, th...

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV's massive Heavensward expansion will be released on June 23 (June 19 for pre-order access). When it arrives later this year it'll ship with a new race, new jobs, another zone, and a lev...